About Weims:Training
Training Your New Dog
Weimaraners are very intelligent, active dogs. If you are going to bring one into your life, it is ESSENTIAL that you enroll in training classes with your dog. All weimaraners should participate in basic obedience classes, and would enjoy any classes, including advanced obedience and agility. Your weimaraner will excel at just about any activity you want to try. Please, just don’t let your dog get bored because he has no new situations challenging him (or her).
Reading List (available at Amazon.com unless otherwise specified)
Obedience/basic manners:
Suzanne Clothier - "Bones Would Rain From the Sky"
Jean Donaldson - "Culture Clash"
Karen Pryor - "Don't Shoot the Dog", "Getting Started: Clicker
Training for Dogs" and "Click for Joy!"
Conformation Showing:
Pat Hastings "Tricks of the Trade - From Best Intentions to Best in Show"
Meridith John & Carole Richards "Raising a Champion - a Beginner's
Guide to Showing Dogs" available at http://www.dogwise.com
Weimaraners:
Virginia Alexander "Weimaraner Ways" pre-order information at http://www.weimaraners.com/
Training Facilities
Here are a listing of training & obedience facilities located in Columbus. The Weimaraner Club of Columbus is not affiliated with any training club and does not know the exact methods used. It is up to the owner of the dog to screen each facility to see if their training methods met your expectations.
Behavior
- Elissa O’Sullivan Animal Behaviorist 614-578-7931
- Traci Shreyer, MA Applied Animal Behaviorist 614-370-4534 http://www.humaneohio.org/html/pet_behavior.html
- Victoria Voith
DVM, PhD Applied Animal Behaviorist
614-891-2070 http://www.westernu.edu/xp/edu/veterinary/vvoith.xml - Dog Talk Training to Last a Lifetime 614-792-6331
Obedience/Agility
- Columbus All Breed Training/Agility http://www.columbusallbreed.com/
- Wild Weavers of Ohio Agility & Obedience http://www.wildweavers.net/
- Dogwood Agility http://www.dogwoodagility.com/
Conformation
- Mid Ohio Owner's Handler's http://www.midohioownerhandlers.org/class.htm
- Joe T. Caton, Columbus, Ohio
Conformation classes Tuesday & Wednesday evenings (7 - 8 pm, 8:15 - 9:15 pm)
Contact: Joe (614) 262-1317
email: Caton312@aol.com
Here's a very useful web site with plenty of training articles: http://www.downstay.com/content/articles.htm
A well trained pet is a pleasure to own & be around!